Jointer for plows.



L. E. KIEPFER.

JINTEB. PQR FLOWS. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1a, 1908.

QLU., n Patented Mar.1,1 910.

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LESLIE' E. mettrait, or

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SKIATGOK, QKLAHOIVIA.

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Application filed August 13"21908. Serial No. 449,165.

l grass or stubble in advance of the plowA and preventing the plow from becomingl choked.,A andv the said invention consists in thecon- Estruction, con'ibination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described. y

lIn the accon'ipanying drawings :A-Figure l is a perspective view of ai plow provided with a jointer embodying iny invention. Fig. 2 is a detailed scctionalview of my improved jointer o n a larger scale.

The plow here shown in Fig. l is of usual construction and nia t be of any suitable construction, t'he'beain being indicated at 0., the share at and the handles at c.

ln accordance with niy invention, ll provide a standard l which is secured to one side of the plow beam ata'euitable distance in advance of the share by means oit' a clip bolt 2. .ln practice the standard is inclined forwardly and dowlnvardly and its lower end is oli'setllaterally as at ,3, and is provided with a transverse openingil and with a substantially semi-spherical recess (i, which rccess is on the front or inold side of the said standard.

rlhe disk 7 is concavo-convex in forni and in provided with a central opening S. v (in. the rear or convex side of the disk, at the Acenter thereof, is secured a box or, hub l) which is provided at its front end with an annular llange l0, the tace of'which flange is concave to adapt it to lit, on the convex side The said flange is secured to the disk by rivets or other suitable devices ln the'iront end of the box 9 is a`cylindrical recess l2 which is normally covered b v means ,ot' a cap 14, the said cap and the said box orliub being provided with enacting screw threadsl to adapt the cap to be readily attached to the hub or removed therefrom. The rear end of the recess 12 forms a shoulder 13. ln the rear end of the box or hub 9- is a circular recess 4l5 which forms a shouh` der 16.

n evitljica substantially semi-spherical hub 18 adapted to lit in the recess 6"`nd also adapted to bear Vin the recess 15. The said axle spindle has a longitudinal bore which alines'with the `transverse opening 4l oit the standard and coacts' therewith to receive a bolt 5. The hub 1S) of the bolt bears on a. washer21 which bears on the front end of the axle spindle and' opposite the shoulder "13, and the nut 20, which is on' the rear end weeds, grass and stubble and thereby .pre-

vent the plowW from becoming,r choked and also insure that the trashwill be covered and buried in the -nrrows made by the plow.

he axle spindle 15 is provided at its rear lrllav'ingV thus described lny'invention, ll

claim A jointer attachment for plovvs compris ing a standard having a recess in one eide, a

hollow spindlehaving' a. head at its rear end disposed in said recess, said head presenting an annular shoulder on its irontside, a bolt extending through said spindle and standard:

and securing them together, said bolt having an element at its front end extending laterally across and beyond the front end ot the spindle, a concaveconvex disk having av hub onits convex side, said hub bearing at its rear end against the shoulder on the trent `side of the head ot' the spindle, being-fan ther provided with a recess for the'reception ot' the head ot the bolt and presentiii,g r anin presence of two witnesses.

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` Witnesses: y i I lllnwloore, Y W. Gr. lltrnrrnn.

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